Willow Class - Year 6

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Summer Term in Year 6

The children in year 6 have been extremely busy since Easter. They have been preparing for their Sats, taken in May. During the week they have to complete two Science papers, two writing tasks, a spelling test, reading comprehension, two maths papers and a mental arithmetic test. As you can imagine we are all exhausted!

In their "spare" time the year 6 have worked with Mr Stok learning about Britain since 1948. The adults really enjoyed looking at the Kays catalogue from 1973! Their performance on the Ukuleles was terrific at the Music Spectacular. They enjoyed dressing up as a character from a book during World Book Day.

The transition to Secondary school has begun. The children have taken part in a treasure hunt at Huish Episcopi and they are about to work on transition units in Maths, English and Science.

Year 6 are really looking forward to their leavers' trip and to the service in the Church at the end of their time at High Ham. They have been a fantastic class to teach and I wish them well in their new schools.


Spring Term in Willow

Another busy time of the year for year 6. We had a fantastic time winning the south west regional Lego robotics and taking part in the National Final in Birmingham. (See project page for more details)

We are really enjoying the history work on World War 2. We were evacuated to the village hall and Mr Stok from the museum service worked with us for the day bringing aspects of the era to life.

At Christmas we took part in the CLP carol concert, playing our Ukuleles. We are now rehearsing for the South Somerset Music Spectacular. Santa's on Strike was a huge success; we had lots of fun practicing but are still waiting for the Oscars!!

In Literacy we are writing arguments and instructions. We have enjoyed working with Mr Hyland and Mrs Tiller (GTP students)

Autumn Term in Willow

The children in Willow have had a really great start to the year. The residential to Pinkery Outdoor Education Centre was a huge success; we had a fantastic time, rock climbing, abseiling, walking, zip lining, dam building and generally getting along with our friends for five whole days!

This tern our main topic will be thinking about what it was like for a child during the Second World War. We are planning an evacuation to the Village Hall and many other exciting activities. A lot of the Literacy, History and Design and Technology work will be focusing on this topic.

Taunton SETPOINT are coming to school to introduce the children to computer control. We are going to enter the Lego Robotics competition again in November.

The year 6 children are really excited about their music lessons with Mrs Murton. It is a great opportunity for the children to learn how to play a musical instrument, especially the Ukulele. I'm looking forward to hearing them play at the end of the Summer Term!!!

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